Wow – It took some doing to find a place where I could operate amongst the ant swarm! This SOTA activation wasn’t for the faint of heart, and I almost abandoned this one after the requisite 4 contacts. But perseverance paid off. I found an "OK" location to activate from and worked a bunch of eastern stats and even Sweden (there were two Sweden stations calling – only got one).
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Have you noticed sometimes when visiting the QRZ forums, you’ll come across….grouches who have nothing else to do but complain. Lately their attention has turned to YouTubers! In this video, Peter AK3YE (VK3YE) and Hayden KD9SSB (VK7HH) provide an in-depth analysis of this topic.
YouTube Ham Channels….
https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/youtube-ham-channels.769530/
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